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Adding Tim White and a full year of Ontaria Wilson makes our offense miles better than last years. Not to mention the addition by subtraction of Kolankowski.

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I feel like this is what it has to be ... variety and a multitude of different offensive sets is what I'd expect. Realistically, I think they're going to be giving the opposition a lot of different looks this season, which I don't mind at all. I don't really know if we can trust Zach to beat good teams with his arm, but I do have some level of belief we can beat good teams with Condell being able to create a lot of confusion on what we are doing on offense.

TC loves the 11/21 formation. Both for max protect and passing. Looks like we might catch a bit of a break there too. Calgary isn't listing Flo, or Hutchins on the AR. Flo as the reserve tells me hes probably a GTD and not 100%. https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/260605-vsWPG-position-chart.pdf

Gotta love how Osh is so against using a freaking rule properly to make our team better. He's actually come out and said so. Drives me nuts.

Calgary’s rec group isn’t the best I’ve ever seen. Nice to see a couple starting dl missing from their depth chart too. I think Collaros should have time to throw.

If they were serious about starting 3 Canadian receivers they should have picked one up early in the draft. Picking a blocking tight end in the second and yet another Canadian linebacker who won’t see meaningful reps seems like a wasted opportunity.

I don't think Singer would make a difference, but the depth is ridiculous. Just shows how poor our recent drafts have been and US scouting too. We literally have two guys on the O side of that depth chart that can play special teams. Our backups for all the skill positions are Chris-Ike, Corcoran and Daniels. So like if Tim White blows his achilles in the 1st quarter, those guys are playing the whole game. We use 2 DI's on LB's when we never have more than 4 of them on the field. Like I get that it's nice, but it's a major luxury when you look across at the O and one injury could leave us basically useless for the rest of a game.

Lord help us no.....Lord help ZC if that the case

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I'm really interested in seeing how the two new corners do after last years carousel.

They'll be missing Orimolade and Hutchings from their d-line too.

Could, but ELi isn't close to 100% ready. I think being the 6th is the most he's ready for given his recovery from injury and lack of PT. Take his STs soldiers from MOs' cold dead hands. For game 1, I don't think we have a better option at C. I think Eli is pretty well short of being 100%. When he's at 100%, right now Id say Elsbury might be better in pass pro, but I didn't love what I saw from him in run blocking. He has elite tools, though, and he was here for part of last year, so he shouldn't be rookie green. He should be able to execute Marty's schemes. That will be the big litmus test for week 1. How the OL plays, especially if we are able to establish the run. IF we can get the run game going to a point where we aren't holding back Brady, it won't matter who the worst WR on the field is. Zach has a few targets in Demski, Wilson, and White who he is very comfortable with. A strong running game, good OL and those targets will bring a massive improvement with a proper OC. Yeah, it is, that's the MO here, though.

yup...lean in depth and shallow in real game breakers....Who knows Demski's status as well and if he is actually 100 percent...or lasts Imagine if one of Pokey/Demski/White goes down...means we running every play with Corcorran and Cobb as 2 of our receivers....If 2 go down....yikes Why not dress that canadian receiver we felt the need to grab after other teams cuts and have him rostered for one of Stuart or Clark? Or as mentioned dont go Import at center...dress an import receiver and replace one of Stuart or Clark with Vibert

what I really like about our depth chart on the dline...we will not have any sets with a dead weight guy on the field...and some case we had 2 together No Korn..No Thomas....so if we get owned it's more a case we got outplayed and outschemed and easily fixeable...as opposed to out classed like previous yr...2 👍's up in my books we all expected it tho...and all know it wasnt a "need" to do thing either....dumb decision but at least for 1st depth chart of yr we only have one head scratcher and wasted spot....I guess that can be considered a win for now

It's quite literally embarassing to line up for Game 1 with an offense so thin.

but you still want a guy who can do something with those snaps, and or take the attention of a db and not be ignored essentially....opens up things elsewhere yeah hard to say...Before Clercius got hurt we have a lot of diff options/looks we could give with him and MCI...still not sold on Danials yet unless they have some stuff they kept hidden hey are gonna unleash. As I saw nothing to lead one to believe he gonna be basically doing what Eli did....and if that the case let Eli do it as he is better at it in the blocking aspect

This is what I don't get. We have Canadian spots designated on the roster and we don't draft based on those set in stone positions.

I’m thinking teams that win championships also win the areas of bench strength as injuries to key positions are inevitable. If I’m hearing the words lean, thin and/or don’t have the skill set we need to describe our depth my attention turns to our scouting department and what kind of legitimate appropriate criticism should be cast their way.

Maybe they can trick the refs and dress up Addison for Cocoran? The old switcheroo? It was unfortunate that in pre season that the unknown receivers had maybe two balls thrown to them total... hard to gauge how good they could be in real game situations.

Step right up Bralon Addison

I don't mind either of those guys as a piece in our receiving corps. But I anticipate again that lack of a true catch radius type vertical threat impacting us greatly. Our offense has never really functioned without 1-2 of those guys in this era, the style Collaros plays, the ball won't be coming out quick. Nield is a big guy but doesn't have a ton of range, especially as a 3-4 option where the D isn't going to lose track of him. We're going to really have to spring guys wide open for the vertical passing game to take shape when they are all 5'10.

Does any of our brain trust realize how limiting it is to have a lack of playmakers on offense in any sport?

Younger really doesn't want to play any Canadians or rookies on D. And our roster has been built around that for 2 seasons. But that's an offense that would do well to be top 6 in the league IMO. D better start taking the ball away and scoring points or we'll be battling Edmonton for 4th in the West.

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I'd much rather use the American at Center than as the 5th WR but as mentioned before, if we were actually using the rules to our advantage we wouldn't have to choose

AND he did utilize that big global Robinson as a true TE in Hamilton...and included him in passing game...5 TD's over 2 yrs there

Some really curious tweaks on the D. Tony jones at wil, does that mean he will be rotating with Woodbey? That would be fantastic. Flipping shay for smith is also interesting. Idk why we wouldn't have tried smith at sam, but idk if hes really a sam either. That might just be for sake of roster balance just like when ayers was a DE. A bit thin at DL, only 6 guys. But atleast all 6 guys can go get after it. No real back up DT would be a bit of a concern, but then both Dixon and Jenkins can play inside out. Which is tremendous luxury. Love that we are using a DI on the DL, and with no canadian back up to lawson at DT, they must be really comfortable with Smith and maybe Gatkuoth.

I actually agree with you on this. I think if Condell is thinking outside the box with the personnel at his disposal he could really set up an offence that is very hard to defend and to prepare for. I haven't looked at it yet, have to do that ASAP.

Tough test for the O-line against Calgary's front 4. But in a way, this is really good to see what they are made of early. Not unhappy with the line-up and really eager to see how Condell can make use of our talent. Go Blue!

Depth chart out. Love the look of the D as long as we see lots of Smith and Woodbey. Best D-line we've dressed in years by the looks of it. On O, would love Singer in over Cobb. Tui not starting at centre, was limited in practice. Don't know if it is that or if they just like Elsbury better. 3DownNationWinnipeg Blue Bombers to start rookie centre Tyler Elsbur...The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have listed Tyler Elsbury as their starting centre against the Calgary Stampeders for their regular-season debut on Friday night. The team issued its official depth chart on

If they are serious about playing a TE often then I think that's your answer. The 5th WR (3rd Canadian WR) would be frequently coming out for Daniels, Eli, and/or MCI. I'm interested to see what the offence looks like. That 5th WR might be seeing <20 snaps per game for all we know at this point.

Id bet on it. Probably corcoran starting. Or they’ll throw the extra blocker in. I wonder if they will play eli as the 6th since he’s not 100% and doing partial practices.

It's at the 1 hr 45 min mark. Strevy is right pissed at Wynn, swears at him, gets a 10 yard penalty from Frenchie, then limps off the field because Wynn twisted his knee in the pile. Screw that guy. So Strev's penalty on the a-hole Wynn makes it second and 17. Andrew Harris says "no problem" and gets it all back on the next play. Man I loved that 2019 team.

Smith was more pro-ready, Shay had more upside because he has played S and could play Wil with minimal need to sub for a dime. We are trying to shoehorn Shay at Sam, and it's not going great.

Dont believe it was 1 big injury. But a lack of interest and opportunity. That said, dude never stayed healthy. In the league 7 years and played 63 games. Yep, that's huge. I expect our OL to win that battle definitively tomorrow. Our DL should provide the best pass rush we've seen in a long time as well. When you win the battle in the trenches, you are in a great position to win the game. I think the secondary will take a few games to gel with 2 new corners, 1 rookie, and 2 guys changing positions. Ol will need some games to be at 100% as well, but they should be prety good out the gate.

that was one the reasons I wouldnt have been sad to see him go...Personal bias over the betterment of team To not use a rue to actually make yourself better is just dumb...Start an inferior Canadian player just cause...smh well...personally I think its stupidity and a combination of stubborn osh who was one the main advocates against the Nationalization of an American, and his belief and trust in what he thinks are big intangibles/likes in a player superseding the actual better or smarter choice. At least this yr...well for this chart there is only 1 instance of it...and if Demski/White/Pokey and Neild stay clean...and do what they should...along with BO we can ignore that wide side WR and just send them on go routes and deep posts to drag a defender away from our playmakers

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Tim White can still stretch the field, as can Wilson. Also, i dont think Collaros has the arm anymore to launch it deep on a regular basis like he used to.

I hope our remade O Line opens some holes for Brady...Big dif maker right there...Get behind Broxton and blow these cowboys up.....

They have to have 8 no? Unless god forbid they use the nationalized American rule?

excited for what JY has to work with this yr...I can see them being a good take away unit and providing somescores too...may need it looking at that offence If he is he needs to be like really....reeeeally better to justify the ratio implications...and didn't see that by any stretch. Also he's gonna see fronts and looks he has never seen...under the pressure of live bullets..is he gonna have the ability to make the proper blocking calls? Vet's can be fooled, so an rookie...An American at that is prime for the pickens....One bad blown call and ZC could be done for the yr Is a marginally better import giving us a better over all roster than a National...with the ripple effect across roster...heck no....Guess we shall see tho...HOpefully it's a matter ELI isnt 100 percent, as him at center gives us a better overall roster

Ron Hainsey won a cup. As did Nate Schmidt.

Yeah, MCI and Clercius out of a TE spot could give us so much ability to create and exploit mismatches. Im all for bringing in actual TEs and really going to town.

Any way to see what the pick counts are like last year?

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I still remember Strevy in the Grey Cup 2019 climbing out of the pile after a run and swearing a blue streak and giving Wynn a kick for his dirty play, and getting a 15 yard penalty. Dooooosh bag. Wynn sucks.

booch...ever single guy you listed outside of Augustine (And even him to a degree) have had little to no impact in this league. And even then, all of those guys were not TC cuts as rookies. They all got on to this Coaching staffs team, got opportunities to become something and they all did nothing with those opportunities. Hamilton had a better record sure...they also played Ott more and watched the GC right next the Bombers. Likewise, I'm not saying I like all the cuts. But what we see in pre-season games doesn't = all stars even if all star plays were made during those games. I'm blown away by people talking about that rookie draft pick who scored as if he's some miracle worker...any one of us could have scored there. It was a busted coverage. His 2nd TD was solid, but again...against a Rookie in what looked like man coverage. Not exactly an amazing play in my books. And to have some on here declaring a 3rd place finish or worse because of what happened? Lol...it's pre-season. A ****** rifle caught 2 passes, should he be on the team too? lol. People need to chill out. They went 1-4 in preseason games during the last 2 championship season.